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 Author(s) :
             THIOULOUSE J., CHEVENET F.
             NetMul, a World-Wide Web user interface for multivariate analysis
             sofware
             Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
             Serial Number : 21, 1996, 369-372.
 
 Key-Words :
             Multivariate analysis, Graphical user interface, Portability,
             Computer networks, World-wide web.


 Abstract    We present NetMul, a World-Wide Web (WWW) interface for multivariate
             analysis. NetMul uses a WWW client to provide a graphical user
             interface (GUI) to the computational part of a subset of the ADE-4
             multivariate analysis system. This allows to completely separate the
             GUI from the computational part of NetMul. The computational part is
             written in ANSI C and runs on a WWW server (a Unix workstation). The
             WWW client connects to this server and displays HTML (HyperText
             Markup Language) forms through which the user can set the parameters
             of the analysis that he wants to perform. Input (data) and output
             (factor scores) files are easily transferred to and from the server.
             Graphical outputs (factor maps) are drawn directly in the WWW client
             window. This system provides a multi-platform compatibility layer
             over a wide range of computer hardware and operating systems.

 E-Mail :    Jean.Thioulouse@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr
             Laboratoire de Biometrie, Genetique et Biologie des Populations
             (URA 2055) - Univ. C. Bernard LYON I - 69622 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX